Foldable wardrobe.



F. MACDANIEL.

FOLDABLE WARDROBE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6.1914.

1 1 5 1 ,49 1 Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

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FOLDABLE WARDROBE.

lApp'lieation fiiea iul e, 1914. $eria1 No. seams.

To all whom itmag concern Be it known that I, FRA CES MACDANIEL,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city ofNew York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have inventedanew andImproved FoldablelVardrobe, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved foldab-lewardrobe, which is evceedingly light, simple and durable inconstruction, andmoreespecially designed for use in "camps, small roomsand other places, and arranged td'permit of readily folding it to form asmallbundle for convenient shipment from .onef'place to quickly settingit up whenever it is desired to use it, t 'i In order to accomplish the.desired result use is made of a back'formedof sections hingedlyconnected with each other, sides hingedly connected with the sections ofthe said back, a front door made in sections hingedly connected with thesaid sides,'the said back sections, sides doorflsections beingZLPPI'OXlIDILtGlY-Of the l jsame size" to fold one on top of theother,'a s'olidibbttom,

a solid top, and. means for detachably con necting the said bottom andthe said 'top fto the said back and sides. Use is also made'of cleatsattached to the inner faces of the sides, and a shelfremovablysupportedon the said cleats. h

A practical embodiment of" the invention is represented in the.accompanying drawings forming a part. of .thisspecification, in whichsimilar charactetrs of reference. indicate corresponding parts in allthe views. 1

Figure 1 is a perspective vview ,of the it foldable wardrobe in set upposition and with one of the door, sections open; Fig. 2 IS a transversesection of the same'on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 1s a sectlonalplan view of the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. I; Fig. i is a perspectiveview of the top; Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of aportion of the lower end of the wardrobe; Fig. 6 is a similar view of aportion of the upper end of the wardrobe; and Fig. 7 is an end elevationof the wardrobe with the back, sides and front in partlyfoldedposition.

The foldable Wardrobe in its general construction consists of a back A,sides B, B, a front C, a bottom D and a top E. The

the, back sections A, A

back A is made in two sections A, A con nected with each other by hingesF,and the" sides B, B arec'onnected byhinges F, F

to the back sections A, A? (see Fig. 3), and the door sections C, C areconnected by hinges-l3. F with the sides B, B to allow of folding theseveral sections one on top of the other, as will be readily understoodby reference'to Fig. 7'. v

The sections A, A B, B, C,- C? are rectangular in shape and ofapproximately the same size, and each of the said sections ing I ofweatherproof material, the covering 'is'formedofalight rectangular frame'covbeing preferably attached to the innerface 1 of the netting'H. Thebottom D and the top E aresolid, and the bottom D is adapted to a reston the bottom members of theframes Go f the sides B thus locating thebottom Da distance from the ground or floor on which the wardrobe isset. The bottom-D is provided on the under, side with pivoted hooks D"(see Fig. 5)" adapted to swing under the bottom members of the frames Gof the sides B, B, and the said bottom D is provided with downwardlyextending lugs JD engaging the outer faces of the bottom members of theframesv G of the sides B, B,

andjthe back sectionsA, A to hold the bottom D securely against shiftingand to prevent the sections from accidentally folding. The top E issimilarly provided at the under side with pivoted hooks E adapted to 7 Ia sw'ing'under the top members of the frames G of the sides B, B" andthe back sections ,RA and the said t'opF is also provided with lugs Esimilar'fto'the lugs D? and en-' gagingthe outer faces of the uppermembers of the frames G of the sides B, B and The door section C ablelocking devices J, J adapted to engage the bottom D and the top E tolock the said door section C in closed position or to allow of swingingthe-said door section C open whenever 1t is desired to do so. The otherdoor section C is provided with a suitable,

is provided at I the v top and bottom near the free end with suitioo Thesides 13, 13v are providedwith transversely extending cleats L' locatedat the Winner faces of the sides a short, distance from thetop thereof,and the said cleats are adapted to support a removable shelf N whichdivides the interior of the Wardrobe into a'lower and an uppercompartment, the

lower compartmentbeing used for suppo'rting: clothes while the uppercompartment is used for supporting, hats, boxesand othersmallerarticles. The. shelf ;N-is-,provided jrwith :-zhooks N and lugs Nand the said hooks N and lugs N engagethe cleats L to 1 "securelyholdthe'shelf Nlin' plaC e The A- 1 I, 0 for supporting clothes and theunder side I of the shelf N may be provided with similar hooks, ifdesired. Cleats L similar to thecleats-L are provided with wardrobehooks cleats L are attached to thcback sections A,

A immediately below theshelf N, and the said cleats L are provided, withJ wardrobe [hooks vOj for supporting clothes;

a. H The underside of, the top E i's provi ded with. a stop orfkeeperEfor thefdoorsections O,, C ;to abut againstand -for engage I, ment'bythe lock -J,-and a similar stop or keeper D (see Fig, 2) is arranged onthe upper face of, the-bottomTD forthe door a seotionsCQO toabutagainstand also for engagement by the locking device J.

7 It will be noticed that bythe arrangement described, the sections A5,A ,-B, B,C: G 'can'be readily extendedto form the walls; 1 of thewardrobe, and theibottom D and the top as well astheshelf N can bequickly, placed'in position vso as to form. a ardrobe for containingclothes and other articles of [top of the said folded sections form;acorn;

- paratively small bundle.

I- Having thus described my inventiom} I claim as newand desire tosecure by Letters Patent:;

13A} foldable wardrobe, comprising a back made in (sections hingedlyconnected with each other, sides hingedly connected with" the sectionsof the said baclg a front door madein sections hingedly connected withthesaid sides, the said back sections,

sides and doorsection s being approximately of the same size to fold oneon top of the other, each ofthe back sections, each side and each doorsection being formed of a frame covered 'with a netting havingaliningfof Weatherproof material, a solid bottom, "a solid top, andfastening devices carried by the top andbottom for detachably engagingbottom thereto. v 1

2'. A foldable wardrobe, comprising a back made'in sc ctionsihingc'dtogethen'sides hinged tothe back sections,'a door made in sectionshinged to thesides, each of the ba ck'vsectio'ns', eachside and each,door section" being formed of a metallic 1 frame covered with.fabric,ja solid top' having lugs -'j engagin g. one side of the topmembers of:

the frame and pivoted hooks engaginganother; side of the said ,topmembers, and a solid bottom having lugs and pivoted hooks the top andbottom members respectivelyof the back and sides to secure the top andengaging the bottom members of the side 1 frames in the samem-an'ner asthe lugs. and hooks of theutopi 311 t foldable wardrobe, a pluralitylofsections hinged together and eachfformed -a tubular metallic framecovered with fabvrio, a solidbottom, asolid top, the bottom and top,eachi being provided with lugs engagingthe outer faces'of the members.of

I the side. and back frame and pivoted" hooks fonengaging the lowerfaces of said frame members to, detachably secure themin position. I 1

In testimony whereof I have signed my [name to thiss 'ae cification inthe presence of two subscribing -witnesses.

N MAX L1 BUT'NON, FRED: A. ToRnEY.

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